What does AMD mean?

Kung Fu Dude · Trick Member Joined: 11 Sep 2002 Location: Greenfield, MA

I see a lot of DDR songs that have "AMD Mix" as a subtitle. I'm just wondering what the hell AMD stands for. Any of you know?
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Agent J · Trick Member Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Location: Dimension X

Hmm, to tell you the truth, I don't know either, but if I had to guess, it'd mean something along the lines of "AMusement Division" or "Arcade Machine Division" just because "AM" usually refers to the arcade division of video game companies. I think Sega and Namco's arcade branches have names like that, too.

Oolong · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 8:15 am Post subject:

"go! go! go! go! go! go! go!"

it's probably the initials of the remixer
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Zukin-Man · Trick Member Joined: 25 Nov 2002 Location: War Agony

Actually, I think AMD mixes are by Naoki.
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Oolong · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 10:28 am Post subject:

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Almighty Dump?...
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Awesome Monster Dub ...maybe?
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FDM_ · Trick Member Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Location: bayonne NJ

Maybe it stands for American Maniac Dancers

Oolong · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 12:27 pm Post subject:

maybe it stands for Anal Mack Daddy.

yeah, probbly not.
i keep thinking AM might be the same as for AMeuro and orion 78 AMeuro mix is by naoki, isn't it?
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Zukin-Man · Trick Member Joined: 25 Nov 2002 Location: War Agony

Yeah, Naoki made orion.78 (AMeuro-mix) as well as AM-3P (AM East Mix), so I guess he...

...I don't know. I'm just pulling out junk at random.

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DDRmaniacplayer · Trick Member Joined: 14 Apr 2002 Location: Chandler, AZ

Maybe it stands for Advanced Micro Devices...

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Evanescence · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 7:50 pm Post subject:

AMD... Hm...

If they were made in the us, AMerican Division would make sense...

As for AM itself, maybe it's just an alternative to saying Radio edit? No, probably not, they're not really for the air waves... Hm.
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Promit · Trick Member Joined: 09 May 2004

And what about AM-3P? What the heck does that mean?

Nightime · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jan 2002 Location: anywhere else

"AM" is also an abbreviation for "morning" (as in "morning mix"), so I'm guessing that has something to do with it. Guessing there's an artist/DJ that goes by "AM", or has those initials. "D" on the end probably stands for "Dance". So it all comes down to who/what "AM" is.

Project: J-ko · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 10:36 pm Post subject:

It's already been hit upon in this thread.

AMD - Amusement Machine Division.

It just means that whoever made/remixed the song was doing so with intentions of the song going to the AMD and showing up in one of the games there.

Since Naoki is like the Overlord of Music (or some similar title, I'm sure) for DDR, it makes sense that he'd have all the AMD mixes.
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Regenesis · Trick Member Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Location: Rockford, IL

Project: J-ko is a winner.

To clarify/elaborate, Konami AMD is the branch of Konami that developed the DDR arcade mixes. You'll notice that all of the AMD remixes are songs that previously appeared in Beatmania/IIDX, so the AMD label is Naoki's way of saying this is a remix made for DDR (basically because the Beatmania version wasn't considered "danceable" enough).

As for AM-3P...the "AM" does indeed stand for the Amusement Machine Division. I don't recall what "3P" stands for off the top of my head, but I think it's something like production studio 3...again, refering to the specific people at Konami that developed DDR.
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radicalfaith360 · Trick Member Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Dover, NH

So THAT'S what it means. Another case closed.

Antipathy · Trick Member Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Location: Kansas

oops, to late to guess..
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